Novels in Progress - October 2024

Blue Stoop

Novels in Progress is a showcase for working novelists who are deep into the process of creating a full length project of fiction.

Parkway Central Library

Novels in Progress

Novels in Progress is a salon-style reading and conversation featuring the work of writers deep in the process of a long project. Presented by Blue Stoop, Molly's Books and Records, and The Free Library of Philadelphia Literature Department

Note: If tickets appear sold out, please join us as a walk-in attendee!---This fall, join us for one, two, or all three events of the <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/novels-in-progress-3668659?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=odclsxcollection&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=odclsxcollection" title="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/novels-in-progress-3668659?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=odclsxcollection&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=odclsxcollection" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Novels in Progress</a> series, a salon-style reading and conversation featuring the work of two writers deep in the process of a long project. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. Masks are strongly encouraged!This event is presented by:<a href="https://bluestoop.org" title="https://bluestoop.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Blue Stoop</a>, a nonprofit "Home for Philly Writers"<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mollysbooksandrecords/" title="https://www.instagram.com/mollysbooksandrecords/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Molly's Books and Records</a><a href="https://Freelibrary.org/lit" title="https://Freelibrary.org/lit" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Literature Department at The Free Library of Philadelphia</a>

October 5 | 2PM | Parkway Central Library - Heim Center (1901 Vine Street)Featuring:THE ROWHOUSE by Alaina Johns and Untitled by M.J. Ivory THE ROWHOUSE by Alaina JohnsAbby, Matt, and Sam are strangers in desperate need of roommates. When they find a South Philly rowhouse, the timing is perfect, except that it’s February 2020. They each have their own secrets, but just as quarantine descends, they start to suspect that there’s someone or something else in the house…and their landlord knows all about it.Alaina Johns (she/her) is a Philly-based freelance writer and the editor-in-chief of Broad Street Review, Philly's only professional interdisciplinary arts and culture publication. THE ROWHOUSE is her first novel, after 15 years (and counting) of being a journalist. Untitled by M.J. IvoryThe year is 2120 and the rich have abandoned a Miami half-drowned by climate disaster for an escapist paradise on the sea. Those left behind have formed a new religion prophesying God's message for a planet gone haywire -- and for the superhumans inexplicably cropping up among Black populations across the globe. When the young and pious Elijah betrays his faith and shares a forbidden kiss with his best friend Keith, he manifests a deadly “miracle” that launches the two boys onto separate journeys to answer a single question: if you or your world must face judgment and burn, which receives salvation?Michael "M.J." Ivory is a Miami, FL native whose journeys have led him to Philadelphia. A preacher's kid by birth and a magician in his daydreams, his writing has been an unending journey to share the magic he feels in the everyday with others. Whether it's the wonder of water, the anointing that is queerness, or the way-making power of Black folks, he wants to help people marvel at it. His work can be read in Waterproof: Evidence of a Miami Worth Remembering and heard in the forthcoming Audio-Anthology: Who We Are is Made, both published with O, Miami. Michael holds an MFA in Fiction from North Carolina State University and can be found using his spare time becoming a Pokemon master or laughing way too loudly.

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